US EIA: US daily crude oil exports in 2016 12% higher than previous year

The US exported an average of 520,000 barrels of crude oil per day in 2016, which is 12% or 55,000 barrels more than what the country is exporting in 2015,despite a slowdown in domestic crude oil production, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently reported.

Even though oil exports have increased, growth in US crude oil exports has slowed significantly from its pace from 2013 to 2015, when annual US crude oil production grew rapidly.

Following the removal of restrictions on US crude oil exports in December 2015, the US exported crude oil to 26 different countries in 2016, compared with 10 countries the previous year, the EIA said.

In 2015, 92% of US crude oil exports went to Canada, which was exempt from US crude oil export restrictions. After restrictions were lifted, Canada remained the top destination but received only 58% of US crude exports.